Filled with wild, wide-open terrain that’s known for everything from forests, mountains and lush green valleys to plains and deserts, the Texas hill country reaches into metropolitan areas like Austin and San Antonio but also includes protected wildlands like the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge, through which the Colorado River still carves its way along the Edwards Plateau.
That’s the scenery that awaits runners at the Hill Country Trivium, along a route that starts and finishes in the tiny town of Marbles Falls, Texas, home to just over 6,000 people about an hour outside Austin, about halfway between Lake Lyndon B. Johnson and the Balcones refuge.
Runners will start the out-and-back course at Marble Falls High School, hitting the starting line at the school’s Mustang Stadium. From there, the race heads west along Hi View, Park View Drive and Park Ridge Drive to Mormon Mill Road, where runners turn right and head northeast for the next three miles.
